My Apocalypse Fortress Vehicle

12. Hope and despair



Late at night, Gu Zhuo tossed and turned in bed. Sam was at the foot of his bed, fast asleep. Chaoying slept on the single bed formed by lowering the table in the living room.

Gu Zhuo recalled what Chaoying had said to him, about her "mathematician".

Chaoying's "mathematician", as she puts it, seems to have no role at all in surviving the apocalypse. The ability of a "mathematician" is to perform various rapid operations on numbers in his mind, and to quickly deduce various mathematical formulas based on the logical relationships between numbers.

In peacetime, this ability would be enough for her to become the second Ramanujan and win various honors. However, in the end of the world, it is almost useless.

But as if destined, she met Gu Zhuo, whose "mathematician" ability could be perfectly combined with Gu Zhuo's "machinist" ability.

If a "machinist" wants to upgrade the Doomsday Fortress, he must have detailed design drawings. The fantasy designer at the time just stepped on the shoulders of his predecessors, borrowed their technological ideas, and drew a design drawing for Gu Zhuo.

If Gu Zhuo now wants to upgrade the Doomsday Fortress to a more advanced level, he must first overcome some theoretical knowledge. It is as if Einstein was the first to arrive at the formula for the mass-energy equation, namely E=mc2. With the theoretical support of this formula, nuclear weapons were created.

In other words, as long as Chaoying can design some functions in theory and draw drawings, then once enough materials are available, the "machinist" can bring them into reality.

This is simply a perfect combination of powerful forces joining forces with black technology!

In addition to learning about Asakage's "mathematician" abilities, she also made some assumptions about the end of the world.

So far, whether it is Gu Zhuo or Chao Ying, the other person is the first person they have met who can predict the end of the world. And they all possess some kind of ability that is completely different from normal human beings and can be called supernatural powers.

Chaoying speculated based on the government's performance just before the apocalypse that there should be people at the top who could predict the apocalypse. But for some unknown reason, the higher-ups chose to abandon the people, leaving only a small group of humans with a chance to survive.

Although more information is still unknown, these are not the most important at the moment. The most important thing now is to survive. Only by living can you have the opportunity to explore all the truth.

Gu Zhuo raised his head and looked at the window above his head that was blocked by a privacy board. He sat up and opened the privacy panel, and the darkness outside the window immediately came into view. The snow is still falling, and in the dark night, the wind and snow are faint, seeming to form a giant beast, which makes people look at it with infinite fear in their hearts.

Not knowing when the snow would stop, Gu Zhuo's mood became increasingly heavy. He closed the privacy panel tightly, not wanting to take another look at the hellish scene of ice and snow outside.

In the living room, Chaoying was lying on the lift bed wrapped in a quilt. She wasn't used to being alone in a strange environment, so she didn't feel sleepy at all.

Under her pillow lay a sharp military dagger within easy reach.

Although after preliminary confirmation, Gu Zhuo did not have any dangerous thoughts about herself, but just in case, and as a long-term habit, she would still keep the military dagger by her side at all times.

Of course, Chaoying's dagger was only used for self-defense. After all, hurting Gu Zhuo would not do her any good.

According to Gu Zhuo, the Doomsday Fortress was completely controlled by his "mechanic" mind. Others could not even open the Doomsday Fortress's car door without his instructions.

Chaoying believes what Gu Zhuo says. After all, this doomsday fortress has basically taken all aspects into consideration. If it can be robbed so easily by others, it might as well be a bank safe that can be used by people. safer and more practical.

After adapting to the darkness, Chaoying took stock of his environment.

Warm air conditioning, windproof body, a suitable size of space, and basically no sound of wind and snow outside. This is an environment hundreds of times better than the one I lived in before.

"It would be great if Chaoyang can hold on for a few more days. If it can hold on for a few more days, we can..."

Thinking of Chaoyang, Chaoying's eyes became lonely. But soon, she breathed a sigh of relief and regained her indifferent expression.

She will definitely survive for her mother who has passed away long ago, and Chaoyang!

When both of them had different thoughts, the night passed so unconsciously, and changes in the world came quietly without them noticing.

In the morning, the alarm clock just rang, and Gu Zhuo, who was sleeping lightly, immediately woke up from the bed. There are still many things to do today, including discussing with Chaoying the specific direction of the Doomsday Fortress' transformation, finding factories that store a large amount of steel materials on the map, and determining the route of travel... These are all matters that cannot be delayed.

I habitually open the privacy panel and take a look at the world outside. Who would have thought that the moment the privacy board was opened, Gu Zhuo was shocked.

He rubbed his eyes, thinking he was still awake, but the scene in front of him did not change at all:

Overnight, the snow stopped!

In order to verify the scene before him, he quickly opened the window. When the window was opened, the air-conditioning poured in mercilessly from the outside, making Gu Zhuo shiver with cold. But the cold didn't attract Gu Zhuo's attention. He stretched out his hand, but didn't catch a single snowflake.

The snow has really stopped!

Gu Zhuo quickly closed the window, washed briefly, then immediately opened the bedroom door and walked straight to the living room. At this time, Chaoying had already woken up, finished washing, and raised the single bed back.

"Chaoying, come here and take a look!"

Gu Zhuo couldn't help but push open the privacy panel in front of the window on one side of the living cabin, opened the window, and called Chaoying.

Chaoying walked to the window and saw through the window that although the world outside was still covered by a heavy layer of snow, the snow had stopped. Like Gu Zhuo, she stretched out her hand, but other than the biting cold air, she didn't feel the touch of any tiny snowflakes blooming in her palm.

The snow has stopped, which means that this cold winter will eventually pass. After the cold winter, there is hope.

But before Chaoying could wait much longer, Gu Zhuo poured cold water on her:

"Although the cold winter will pass, there will be other doomsday crises waiting for us after the cold winter. Have you listened to the government broadcast?"

Hearing this, Chao Ying turned to look at him and shook his head:

"When did the government release the broadcast? I bought a hand-cranked radio before. The apocalypse happened for so many days, but I never heard a single broadcast."

"That's right. On the day of the government broadcast, something happened to you and you didn't hear it properly."

With that said, Gu Zhuo closed the window to prevent the cold air from seeping in. Then, he got a hand-cranked radio, the two of them sat in the living room, and he cranked the handle of the radio.

Important news like this seems to be rotated daily, in case anyone hasn't heard it. After shaking for a while, the sound of electricity and the vicissitudes of the man's voice came from the radio again.

I don’t know if it’s because the snow stopped today, but the signal seems to be a little better than the last time I listened.

The content was exactly the same as what Gu Zhuo heard.

After listening to the content on the radio, Chaoying's face was obviously not very good: he thought he was surviving from a desperate situation, but he didn't expect that he was just facing a deeper despair!

"Drought...flood...is this God trying to destroy mankind?"

Chaoying murmured to himself, Gu Zhuo also stopped what he was doing, and the sound on the radio gradually stopped.

"Gu Zhuo, how long will the water stored in your fortress be enough for us?"

Chaoying suddenly raised his head and asked him.

"It's not a problem for me to use it for a year and a half. If I add you, I should be able to last for about a year if I save a little. Besides, it's been snowing heavily these days. My fortress is equipped with an ultra-pure water filter. These snow It’s all turned into enough water for us to use.”

Hearing this, Chaoying continued to ask:

"Where are the supplies?"

"In terms of materials, the food stored is enough for me and one dog to feed me for three years. With you, it will definitely not be a problem to feed me for two years!"

Hearing this, Chao Ying nodded, but she thought of something again and said:

"There is never too much supplies, only too little! Let's go back to the gas station and supermarket now. Before others can react, we will move all the supplies in the supermarket to the fortress of doom! When they react, we will grab all the other supplies. After the supermarket, we will think of gas stations, and by then we will be too late!”

Chaoying's expression was serious, as if he had thought of the scene where people were frantically looting supermarkets after receiving the government broadcast.

Gu Zhuo also thought of something and answered her:

"Indeed. By the way, you also need to get some personal hygiene products."

Gu Zhuo is right, there is still a chance to get food and water, but once a few more doomsday crises happen and all kinds of production and industry come to a standstill, there will be no chance to get disposable items like sanitary products. arrive.

Sometimes in harsh environments, what really kills people is not the lack of supplies, but poor sanitary conditions, which breed bacteria and lead to various diseases.

At that time, Gu Zhuo thought that he was the only one living in the Doomsday Fortress with one dog. He never thought that there could be more than one woman, so he naturally did not prepare any sanitary products specifically for women.

He dug out two large sacks from the storage box and handed them to Chaoying, then took the air gun and laser sword with him. Chaoying took the two sacks and saw Gu Zhuo get into the cockpit. Chaoying followed closely behind and got into the cockpit with him.

As soon as he sat on the cockpit and saw the densely packed and neatly arranged buttons and switches, Chaoying felt as if what Gu Zhuo was driving was not a doomsday fortress but a spaceship.

"seat belt!"

As Gu Zhuo thought, he saw that his waist and Chao Ying's waist were immediately tied up with seat belts. Mingming Chaoying had just held the two sacks and sat in the passenger seat. Before he could do anything, he felt a tightness in his waist.

Afterwards, Gu Zhuo issued a series of instructions to the Doomsday Fortress through the "Mechanic" in his mind. The Doomsday Fortress was activated and an image was displayed on the screen.

"Let's go to the supermarket at the gas station!"

Seeing Gu Zhuo's smooth movements, from automatically fastening the seat belt to starting the Doomsday Fortress, which took less than five seconds in total, Chaoying could not help but believe even more that Gu Zhuo had not lied to her: the Doomsday Fortress was completely owned by him. The "mechanic" is at the controls!


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